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Brent Headrick

Age: 29
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 235 lb
Number: #47

Born: December 17, 1997 in Braidwood, IL, United States
MLB debut: April 19, 2023
Drafted: 2019, round 9
College: Illinois State

dbWAR: 1.9
IP: 78.1
ERA: 2.18
FIP: 2.46
K/9: 11.3
FIP−: 59

Brent Headrick is a relief pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2026 he struck out 98 batters over 78.1 innings across 81 appearances, going 7-4. His ERA of 2.18 is 47.8% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 17 on his team, and 33rd of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.46 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 31.8% of swings (16.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 30.1%. His 2.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP2.46

K/911.3

WHIP1.21

WAR2.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	NYY	81	78.1	7	4	0	68	19	98	27	2.18	2.46	1.21	11.3	3.1	52	59	2.1
2025	NYY	17	23.0	0	0	0	17	8	30	7	3.13	3.83	1.04	11.7	2.7	75	92	0.2
2024	MIN	1	3.0	0	0	0	2	1	5	2	3.00	6.17	1.33	15.0	6.0	74	151	-0.1
2023	MIN	14	25.2	3	0	1	27	18	30	10	6.31	6.10	1.44	10.5	3.5	146	141	-0.4

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	115	104	27	1	9	31	.260	.319	.442	.333	27.0%
vs RHB	211	190	41	4	18	67	.216	.282	.321	.271	31.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Brent Headrick throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	48.4%	621	94.1	2,310	58.0%	21.2%	151	.238	.730
Slider	30.0%	385	84.3	2,031	48.1%	47.6%	78	.179	.492
Splitter	12.6%	162	84.7	1,002	38.9%	51.3%	35	.200	.457
Sinker	8.9%	114	93.4	2,350	44.7%	16.7%	30	.367	.941

Brent Headrick's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Didier FuentesATL

ERA: 2.45
FIP: 2.60
SO: 92
WAR: 1.8

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Adrian MorejonSD

ERA: 2.86
FIP: 2.37
SO: 105
WAR: 2.2

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Grant TaylorCWS

ERA: 2.25
FIP: 2.77
SO: 106
WAR: 1.9

Very close

Tayler SaucedoLAA

ERA: 2.53
FIP: 2.68
SO: 26
WAR: 0.5

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.